NASA chief still hopeful to get more money for moon landing effort
House lawmakers this week proposed to fund NASA's human-rated lunar lander development program at less than one-fifth of the level the Trump administration wanted, but NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Wednesday the House budget bill is just the "opening salvo" in an ...
Envistacom Partners With NovelSat to Deliver a Multi-Access Waveform
NovelSat will incorporate its satellite access waveforms into Envistacom’s Transport Virtualization Ecosystem (TVE). Envistacom announced Thursday it will deliver an open-architecture ecosystem which helps enable virtualized applications ...
Thursday Morning Conversation with Tara Bamburg of Southwest Airlines
Welcome to another of Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversations. This time we are off to Texas to talk to Tara Bamburg, manager of Inflight WiFi and Entertainment at Southwest Airlines. In this conversation, Tara talks about the prospects for the Dallas ...
Viasat Eliminates Ka-band Speed Limits for Business Aviation IFC
Photo: Viasat IFC
Viasat removed internet speed limits delivered to the aircraft across all of its business aviation Ka-band service plans. Additionally, the company has doubled its minimum ...
HiSky Begins Testing Ku-Band Version of ‘Smartellite’ LEO/GEO Terminal
Smartellite Dynamic Ku-band Satellite Terminal (photo by hiSky
Satellite-connected Internet of Things (IoT) technology company hiSky has begun early field trials of a new “Smartellite” Ku-band ...
Public Dispute Between Comtech, Gilat Puts Acquisition in Serious Trouble
Comtech Systems headquarters. Photo: Comtech Systems
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s acquisition of Gilat Satellite Networks looks to be in trouble as Comtech has filed a complaint against Gilat alleging ...
WASHINGTON — The first satellite for a Chinese company planning a global system of geostationary satellites launched July 9 on a Long March 3B rocket.
Apstar-6D, a high-throughput satellite with a total capacity of 50 gigabits per second, launched at ...
Mars rover mated with Atlas 5 launcher after teams deal with coronavirus cases
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been hoisted on top of its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral for liftoff this month, passing a major pre-launch milestone after teams repaired a small leak on the launch vehicle and overcame delays ...
